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[[File:Khalid Islambouli.jpeg|thumb|160px|right]]Khalid Islambouli was an Egyptian Army officer who planned and participated in the assassination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Egypt Egypt's third president], [ | [[File:Khalid Islambouli.jpeg|thumb|160px|right]]Khalid Islambouli was an Egyptian Army officer who planned and participated in the assassination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Egypt Egypt's third president], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Sadat Anwar Sadat], during the annual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_War 6th October] victory parade on 6 October 1981. Islambouli stated that his primary motivation for the assassination was Sadat's signing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords Camp David Accords] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Israel State of Israel]. He was tried by a military tribunal, found guilty, and sentenced to death. Following his execution, Islambouli was declared a martyr by many radicals in the Islamic world, and became an inspirational symbol for radical Islamic movements as one of the first 'modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid_%28martyr%29 Shahids]'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jamestown_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Islambouli#cite_note-Jamestown-1 [1]]</sup> | ||
==The Assassination== | ==The Assassination== | ||
On 6 October 1981, a victory parade was held in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo Cairo] to commemorate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_%281973%29 Egypt's crossing of the Suez Canal].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-year81upi_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-year81upi-1 [1]]</sup> Sadat was protected by four layers of security and eight bodyguards, and the army parade should have been safe due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition ammunition]-seizure rules. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force Egyptian Air Force] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage Mirage] jets flew overhead, distracting the crowd, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Army Egyptian Army] soldiers and troop trucks paraded. One troop truck contained the assassination squad.. As the truck passed, the assassins dismounted, and Islambouli approached Sadat. Sadat stood to receive his salute, whereupon, Islambouli threw three grenades at Sadat, only one of which exploded, and additional assassins rose from the truck, firing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle assault rifles] into the stands. After Sadat was hit and fell to the ground, people threw chairs around him to protect him from the hail of bullets. | On 6 October 1981, a victory parade was held in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo Cairo] to commemorate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_%281973%29 Egypt's crossing of the Suez Canal].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-year81upi_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat#cite_note-year81upi-1 [1]]</sup> Sadat was protected by four layers of security and eight bodyguards, and the army parade should have been safe due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition ammunition]-seizure rules. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force Egyptian Air Force] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage Mirage] jets flew overhead, distracting the crowd, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Army Egyptian Army] soldiers and troop trucks paraded. One troop truck contained the assassination squad.. As the truck passed, the assassins dismounted, and Islambouli approached Sadat. Sadat stood to receive his salute, whereupon, Islambouli threw three grenades at Sadat, only one of which exploded, and additional assassins rose from the truck, firing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle assault rifles] into the stands. After Sadat was hit and fell to the ground, people threw chairs around him to protect him from the hail of bullets. | ||